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\n\tMusic IP Holdings (MIH) \u2014 an intellectual property development company formed through a strategic partnership between Universal Music Group (UMG) and Liquidax Capital \u2014 revealed on Thursday (Aug. 20) that AI music start-ups Udio and GRAI are the first two companies to license patents from its portfolio for use in developing their AI products. According to a press release, the MIH patents will specifically be used to support \u201cthe development of licensed AI services including covers, remixes and a wide range of interactive music experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSo far, MIH holds and manages more than 24 patents and has over 50 patents pending, all of which provide frameworks for creating \u201cresponsible,\u201d licensed AI content products. The press release says MIH patents can help with everything from moderation, watermarking, identification tagging, authorization, licensed distribution and payment \u201cacross open and closed ecosystems.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\tThis essentially means that MIH, UMG and Liquidax Capital, an IP advisory and management firm, will receive compensation every time these patents are adopted for use in developing various AI products, opening up a potentially significant new revenue stream for the group of firms.<\/p>\n
\n\tIt is not disclosed which patents Udio and GRAI, a forthcoming \u201csocial streaming service for music,\u201d have selected from the available offerings MIH has developed, but Udio CEO, Andrew Sanchez<\/strong>, calls this moment \u201ca genuine inflection point for AI and music. With MIH, we\u2019re partnering to implement the infrastructure that protects artists and establish the guardrails that ensure AI amplifies human creativity. That work \u2014 the technology, the licensing, the partnerships \u2014 is what makes the next chapter one artists can actually build on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile little is still known about GRAI, the press release described the emerging AI company as being built on \u201cGRAI\u2019s own music foundation model, trained on licensed data and built to understand music\u2026Every play and every change pays the artists and songwriters behind the song.\u201d It was quietly founded last year by the team behind video-editing app Vochi, which was acquired by Pinterest, and has raised seed funding from Khosla Ventures and Inovo VC. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cNobody has ever been just a listener. We drum a song on the steering wheel, cry to it in a parked car, send it to a friend at one in the morning. GRAI is building a social streaming service where music moves between people. And when someone puts something of their own into a song they love, the artist is asked, credited and paid, every time. These patents are what make that possible,\u201d said Ilya Liasun<\/strong>, CEO and co-founder of GRAI.<\/p>\n
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\n\tTo bring these patents to market and find licensing opportunities across technology and creative industries, MIH is supported by Barefoot Media, which is led by CEO Bill Campbell<\/strong>. Campbell said of the announcement: \u201cMIH\u2019s portfolio creates that bridge for generative AI \u2014 giving responsible innovators a path to market while helping protect artists, songwriters and the value of their work. Barefoot Media is proud to help bring this framework to the global creative and technology communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chris Horton<\/strong>, executive vp of strategic technology at UMG, said: \u201cThese patents are an important way to reinforce the strategy we believe will play a critical role in the next era of music: embracing ethical innovation that puts artists and songwriters at the center, with greater agency, influence and value-chain participation for the creative community. We are thrilled to join MIH, music companies, and responsible technology enterprises in building an AI music ecosystem that works for everyone, especially the creative forces that makes it all possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cArtists and songwriters shouldn\u2019t have to choose between embracing AI and protecting their lifes\u2019 work,\u201d added Daniel Drolet<\/strong>, CEO of MIH. \u201cAnd responsible AI companies should have a clear path to innovate. This portfolio is designed to do both: creating new opportunities for responsible innovation while giving artists, songwriters and rightsholders stronger protections and the ability to share in the value their work creates. The portfolio was developed to enable a standard that provides creators of all types the ability to generate, track and ensure new AI revenue streams while simultaneously providing strong options to manage unauthorized AI outputs.\u201d<\/p>\n
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